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Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

All shots on the wonderful little Yashica ML 50/1.7, some with the Minolta Close Up lens No.2 attached. Except for the camera shot (Relics) which was on a Canon FDn 50/1.4, also with the Close Up lens.

did I dream I was the butterfly? or am I dreaming now...

night after night the burning tree returned to me in my dream

self portrait with grass and angst

soul keeper

a picture from the party

a picture from the party

a picture from the party

relics

If you can believe it, the burning tree photo is actually straight out of the camera with only the reddish tone applied to suggest flame. I shot it with the camera down low to the ground in the high grass. Then with the lens wide open I focused on the tree in the distance. The caused the grass to blur out and give a dreamy, flame like effect. One of those happy accidents that come from experimentation.

Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

The A7r in "digital back" mode on a Shen-Hao TFC69 with a Rodenstock 100mm f/5.6 APO Sironar lens. I think that this was at f/16. The simple adapter plate did not provide for stitching so I had to slide the whole setup on a tripod rail to get this 2 shot stitch. Small image below links to full size. Not a very practical setup, but I do like this lens and wanted to see how it would perform with the A7r.

Boy, has Seattle ever changed! I was a frequent (monthly) visitor there from about 1971-1980 and the tallest thing was the Space Needle! Is the old Olympic Hotel still there? Used to be a Westin in my day but I'm sure it's now changed. It was where I stayed and loved it. And how about Rossellini's 412? Fabulous food but I bet it's gone too!

Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

Continuing my morbid mood of late (apologies) and the flat lighting that we keep on getting every other day, I present you...Ten Benches at Treyarnon
All taken with a mixture of Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 and FE55 f1.8 lenses on the A7R.

Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

Originally Posted by Bill Caulfeild-Browne

Boy, has Seattle ever changed! I was a frequent (monthly) visitor there from about 1971-1980 and the tallest thing was the Space Needle! Is the old Olympic Hotel still there? Used to be a Westin in my day but I'm sure it's now changed. It was where I stayed and loved it. And how about Rossellini's 412? Fabulous food but I bet it's gone too!

Bill

Bill: I was here for a lot of that decade (more, or, less here!). The city has changed a bit. The Olympic Hotel is still here. It's now a "Fairmont". Very nice. All of the Rossellini Restaurants are gone. My father would take me there if I was presentable.

Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

Originally Posted by Barry Haines

Susan Roberts RIP
A7R + CV35/f1.2 & FE55/f1.8 lenses

This is really the nicest bank in your series. The angle of view brings out the interesting curves much better than many other pics of this bench, which I found through Google while trying to find out who that lady Susan Robert was.. (Didn't find anything about her, BTW).

What are all these benches ? Do they indicate someone committed suiccide there ? Or are there only there to remember a defunct who liked that shore while living ?

And I prefer the first more saturated version to the second one. What the light can do..

Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series

Originally Posted by Annna T

This is really the nicest bank in your series. The angle of view brings out the interesting curves much better than many other pics of this bench, which I found through Google while trying to find out who that lady Susan Robert was.. (Didn't find anything about her, BTW).

What are all these benches ? Do they indicate someone committed suiccide there ? Or are there only there to remember a defunct who liked that shore while living ?

And I prefer the first more saturated version to the second one. What the light can do..

Hi Annna T,

Many thanks for your comments, I am really glad that you liked those 2 images as I also like those ones in particular (The Susan Roberts bench is very close to a 30ft drop into the ocean and is my favorite bench).

I was trying to document the bench as a whole in the ever changing light from all the different perceivable angles before the Atlantic ocean swallowed it up altogether (Erosion along this cliff area is pretty bad).

The close up of the plaque shows the erosion of the bench in just 20 years!

The benches are all spread out on about a half mile strip of land between Constantine bay and Treyarnon bay.

Re: Susan Roberts and her identity I guess will have to stay a mystery as I am afraid I have nothing to add...As the simple plaque gives me nothing to work upon for research.

All the other varying benches are of mostly lost ones (From the very young to even pets and several young guys killed on motorcycles).

Alison and I have visited here many times and used to sit on one particular bench set back from the sea...We were quite surprised to see a 10ft diameter sink hole (50ft drop into the sea below) had developed and swallowed up the bench on our return visit!

A couple more but bench ends this time....I was bemused that somebody put a sock over the top of one of the benches.

Along with the larger versions on Flickr I posted some comments. All are full frame (with perspective correction). The green bar in-a-square is a stitch of two frames. For a generation it was just Bill McNally's bar; only recently is it claiming 'Irish Pub' cache.

This is the most satisfying 50mm I've tried, including pre-aspherical Summilux-M. With this and other lenses, my A7 files consistently need less color correction than my M9 files.